diff --git a/test/test_cfconventions.jl b/test/test_cfconventions.jl
index 5af7e220..21dbe521 100644
--- a/test/test_cfconventions.jl
+++ b/test/test_cfconventions.jl
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function myplot(height::NCDatasets.AbstractVariable)
 end
 myplot(height)
 =#
-
+close(ds)
 
 fname = tempname()
 
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ close(ds)
 
 
 ds = NCDataset(fname)
-
 # This produces an error because it is unclear if we should load lon_u or lon_v
 @test_throws KeyError ds[CF"longitude"] # error
 
@@ -177,3 +176,4 @@ nclon_u2 = ds["ubar"]["lon_u"]
 
 nclon_u2 = ds["ubar"][:lon_u]
 @test name(nclon_u2) == "lon_u"
+close(ds)
diff --git a/test/test_variable.jl b/test/test_variable.jl
index f2d43bc7..0393444f 100644
--- a/test/test_variable.jl
+++ b/test/test_variable.jl
@@ -287,3 +287,4 @@ data2 = zeros(Int,1)
 data2 = zeros(Int,10)
 # asking too many elements
 @test_throws BoundsError NCDatasets.load!(ds["data"].var,data2,1:10)
+close(ds)